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Blood-Stained Ivory: The Dark History of the Trade in Elephant Tusks
The ivory trade is a story as old as human civilization, filled ... with tales of adventure, greed, and exploitation. The ivory trade is a story as old as human civilization, filled ... to transport ivory from West Africa to the North African coast. From there the ivory could be easily shipped into the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 26/03/2023 - 18:39
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Lost Norse of Greenland Fueled the Medieval Ivory Trade, Ancient Walrus DNA Suggests
... may Rewrite Start of Viking Age Was it treasured Walrus Ivory that drove Vikings to sail thousands of kilometers to ... crucifixes and chess pieces were fashioned from walrus ivory by craftsmen of the age. However, the source of this ivory has never been empirically established. Now, ...
ancient-origins - 08/08/2018 - 19:02
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The Forgotten Ghost Town of Suakin: A Journey Into Its Thriving Past
... This town was once known as one of the largest hubs of the ivory trade and a popular destination for merchants, ... the 19th century, it served as a major center for the ivory trade as well as a hub for Islamic pilgrimage traffic ... While Suakin was once an essential trade center along the coast of the Red Sea, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 ...
Lex Leigh - 24/03/2023 - 00:40
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Viking Colonies Collapsed Through Over Hunting Walruses
... the 1400s, leaving only ruins. An Economy Built on Walrus Ivory Latest research from the universities of Cambridge, ... has found that, for hundreds of years, almost all ivory traded across Europe came from walruses hunted in seas ... have been hunted by sailing northwest up the Greenland coast, and more recent specimens were smaller and often ...
ancient-origins - 06/01/2020 - 23:00
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Was it treasured Walrus Ivory that drove Vikings to sail thousands of kilometers to Greenland?
... bone from Greenland are identifying potential sources of ivory during the early Middle Ages. Some 1,000 years ago ... royalty, previous archaeological finds have revealed that ivory was a major trade item for the Greenland Vikings, or ... ancient routes. Featured Image: Summer in the Greenland coast circa year 1000 ( Public Domain ) By Liz Leafloor Was ...
lizleafloor - 29/09/2015 - 00:48
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The Kilwa Sultanate: The Island State That Dominated Medieval East Africa
... and prosperous city-state that once dominated the Swahili coast of East Africa. The Kilwa Sultanate was a powerful and ... in its own right, made rich through its trade of gold and ivory with Great Zimbabwe and Monomotapa. The taking of ... the Bantu people for precious raw materials like gold and ivory which they then exported back to Asia. There was one ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/05/2023 - 14:54
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Ancient DNA is Restoring the Origin Story of the Swahili People of the East African Coast
... coral towns hugged 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) of the coast, and its merchants played a linchpin role in the ... Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar . Blood-Stained Ivory: The Dark History of the Trade in Elephant Tusks ... biases. The truth is that colonization of the East African coast did not end with the departure of the British in the ...
ancient origins - 30/03/2023 - 18:59
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Landmark Study Reveals Elephant Tusk Origins Of 16th Century Shipwreck
... Jesus went missing on its way to India. It sank off the coast of present-day Namibia while it was filled with more ... tusks. Scientists traced the origins of much of the ivory that was recovered from the shipwreck, revealing more about the ancient ivory trade and African elephants of the past and present. ...
Alicia McDermott - 18/12/2020 - 18:09
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Did Visayan Raiders Plunder the Coast of the Song Dynasty?
... Port inspector of Foreign trade in Fukien (south-eastern coast of China, modern-day province of Fujian ). His ... raising havoc to the south-eastern trade ports off the coast of Tsuan-Chou, Fukien. According to the scholar Efren ... imports […] were mainly luxury items such as pearls, ivory, horns, perfumes, medicines, spices, and many others. ...
B. B. Wagner - 26/06/2020 - 23:13
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Elmina Castle and its Dark History of Enslavement, Torture, and Death
Elmina Castle is a white-washed Medieval Castle on the coast of Ghana. It was the first – and for many centuries ... ) The beginning of Elmina Castle Located on the western coast of present-day Ghana (the former gold coast), the town ... from the city of Cape Coast. A region rich in gold and ivory resources, the area was home to 30 or so “slave ...
Bryan Hill - 23/07/2018 - 21:43
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Remote Sensing Satellite Uncovers Astonishing New Evidence of Viking Presence in Newfoundland, Canada
... the two immediately opposing landmasses, the West African coast and Uruguay. In this current case, my hypothetical ... their meaning remains unknown. Was it treasured Walrus Ivory that drove Vikings to sail thousands of kilometers to ... the Americas: proto-Sinaitic inscriptions found along the coast of Uruguay Each example has been transcribed as ...
William James Veall - 05/06/2016 - 14:56
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Gold, silver, jewels - Spanish galleon with $1 billion in treasure located off Colombian coast
... of Cartagena, a city on the Caribbean Sea on the north coast of South America. The loot on board the ship was being ... Other spectacular finds may lie under the waters off the coast of Colombia as about 1,000 ships are thought to have ... pounds of silver, 10,000 pounds of gold and 20 tons of ivory and jewels. More than 200,000 artifacts have been ...
Mark Miller - 06/12/2015 - 01:10
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Fortified Hellenistic Center And Underwater Site Found In Bulgaria
... center has been found on the country’s Black Sea coast. A fortress has been discovered on the shore and, ... center has been found on the country’s Black Sea coast . A fortress has been discovered on the shore and, ... Roman Emperor in Bulgaria Revealing Discoveries of Rare Ivory and Unique Gold Coin from Byzantine Bulgarian Fortress ...
Ed Whelan - 08/09/2020 - 23:00
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The Shock Discovery of the Nakovane Zodiac
... team began finding a multitude of small pieces of carved ivory. Upon further observations, the team came to a stunning realization. These ivory fragments were carved with elaborate symbols of the zodiac. In total, thirty fragments of worked ivory were recovered and seemingly came from separate, finely ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/02/2021 - 17:32
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Squirrels, Armadillos and Now Apes Have Leprosy
... Cantanhez National Park and in Taï National Park and the Ivory Coast, in West Africa . Hansen's disease (also known as ... the disease. A chimpanzee named Woodstock with leprosy in Ivory Coast. ( Tai Chimpanzee Project ) An Ancient and ...
ashley cowie - 15/10/2021 - 01:31
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Slave Trade and Exotic Animals Made the Ancient Port of Adulis Rich
The Red Sea coast has traditionally been one of the world’s great ... by Egyptian merchants. The port was a transit point for ivory, slaves, and exotic animals from the interior of ... in the Ethiopian Highlands. The Aksumite Kingdom traded ivory, slaves, tortoise shells , and hides with Roman ...
Ed Whelan - 28/09/2019 - 02:05
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Where a Mosaic May Mean A Lot More: Byzantine City Could Soon Return to Light in Israel
... church or monastery has been discovered on the Israeli coast.” Byzantine shipwrecks reveal advanced shipbuilding techniques Revealing Discoveries of Rare Ivory and Unique Gold Coin from Byzantine Bulgarian Fortress ... church or monastery has been discovered on the Israeli coast.” But the real excitement has come from the ...
Alicia McDermott - 25/11/2017 - 13:44
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The Peculiar Narrative of the Red Lady of Paviland, A Man from Paleolithic Wales
... Davies and Rev. John Davies at Port Eynon on the south coast of Gower, in Wales. When they searched the cave they ... found mounds of decorative shells with bones, two ivory rods, and the remains of an ivory mammoth ring. They also discovered a body which had ...
Natalia Klimczak - 09/02/2016 - 22:11
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9,000-Year-Old Camping Hotspot Found Near Welsh Castle
... just a few short kilometers from the northern Welsh coast, archaeologists have unearthed a Mesolithic camp ... , just a few short kilometers from the northern Welsh coast, archaeologists have unearthed a Mesolithic camp site ... Tools Through the Ages Is This Proof Early Man Weaponized Ivory from Woolly Mammoth Tusks to Kill...Woolly Mammoths? ...
Nathan Falde - 21/02/2021 - 21:30
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Stunning Golden Mask Adds to Amazing Relics Unearthed at China’s Sanxingdui Ruins
... treasure hoard of enormous value, including hundreds of ivory and bronze artifacts, golden masks, and a massive ... Sanxingdui ruins. ( LAODONG ) The Chinese Treasure Hoard: Ivory, Bronze, Gold and Jade Dating back to the Xia (c. 2,070 ... to the northwest, therefore it was also connected with the coast of China. The legacy of Dujiangyan: China’s ancient ...
ashley cowie - 16/09/2021 - 22:44